Rise of Nations

Combining the deep tactical elements of turn-based strategy games with the rapid gameplay of real-time strategy, Rise of Nations puts you in command of one of 18 civilizations over the course of thousands of…

92 20 May 2003 4 cheats

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Fantasy Historical Warfare

Rise of Nations is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Big Huge Games, released 20 May 2003 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 4 cheat codes for it.

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What Rise of Nations is

Rise of Nations is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Big Huge Games and released in 2003. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy video game developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios in May 2003. Designed as a fusion of concepts from turn-based strategy games with the real-time strategy genre, the game's development was led by Brian Reynolds, who founded Big Huge Games following his involvement in the development of the turn-based strategy games Civilization II and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. In contrast to previous historical real-time strategy games, Rise of Nations is based on the entirety of history, taking place from the ancient era to the modern age, and features eighteen civilizations, playable across eight ages of world history. The game…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Rise of Nations holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 23 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 196 votes.

What it launched against

Rise of Nations launched on 20 May 2003, within three weeks of Silent Hill 3, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon and Eve Online. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Silent Hill 3, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon, Eve Online.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 4 cheat entries for Rise of Nations — 4 cheat codes. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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